Horace Smith (poet)

Horace (born Horatio) Smith (31 December 1779 – 12 July 1849) was an English poet and novelist. In 1818, he participated in a sonnet-writing competition with Percy Bysshe Shelley. It was of Smith that Shelley said: "Is it not odd that the only truly generous person I ever knew who had money enough to be generous with should be a stockbroker? He writes poetry and pastoral dramas and yet knows how to make money, and does make it, and is still generous."

Horace Smith
Portrait of Horace Smith by an unknown artist watercolour, circa 1840
Born(1779-12-31)31 December 1779
London
Died12 July 1849(1849-07-12) (aged 69)
Tunbridge Wells
OccupationPoet, novelist
Literary movementRomanticism
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